POLICE AND FIRE REPORT

Hemlock Street blaze causes about $5,500 in damage

SALISBURY - The preliminary cause of a fire at a Salisbury home is that a child was playing with a candle.

The blaze, which occurred Wednesday morning at a town house in the 700 block of Hemlock Street, caused about $5,000 in damage to the structure and an estimated $500 in damage to contents, the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal reports.

It took 12 Salisbury firefighters about five minutes to control the fire. There were no reported injuries.

Man faces threat
of arson, telephone misuse charges

SALISBURY - A Wicomico County Sheriff's Office deputy responded to a reported rock thrown through a window of a home in the 1000 block of Pierce Avenue at 6:41 p.m. Nov. 21.

A female told the deputy that just after the rock was thrown through her window, she got a text from a subject known as Issac Cook stating "I got you," the Sheriff's Office reported.

While the deputy was present, Cook, 50, of Salisbury called back and the victim put the call on speaker, allowing the deputy to listen as Cook allegedly made repeated threats to the victim, including threats to blow her house up and kill her.

Then, Cook allegedly tried to call back 12 times, which the victim ignored. Upon examining the call log, the deputy learned that the victim allegedly received 27 calls from Cook in the hour-and-a-half preceding the report to the Sheriff's Office.

Cook faces charges of threats of arson and telephone misuse: repeated calls. After an appearance before the district court commissioner, he was held on $25,000 bond.

Three face
charges in theft

SALISBURY - Three Fruitland residents face charges of theft less than $1,000, theft scheme and rogue and vagabond after allegedly taking items from cars.

Rakeem Kendrick Terry, 21, Jamal Brian Terry, 20, and a 16-year-old male allegedly had a book bag containing property stolen from vehicles in the Aspen Drive and Ard Barc Place developments.

Salisbury Police Department officers responded to an apartment building in the University Park complex in reference to an attempted strong-arm robbery at about 2:10 a.m. Wednesday.

A description of the suspects was given to officers, and the suspects were located in the area, police said.

These suspects were the ones that had the book bag with stolen property, police said; however, the attempted robbery investigation is still pending.

Anyone with information should contact Salisbury police at at 410-548-3165 or CrimeSolvers of the Lower Eastern Shore at 410-548-1776.

Teen faces theft, destruction of property charges

SALISBURY - A 15-year-old male from Salisbury faces charges of theft less than $1,000, rogue and vagabond and malicious destruction of property after an investigation began into a theft from a vehicle.

Salisbury police officers responded to the city parking garage at about 5:10 p.m. Tuesday in reference to a vehicle theft.

The investigation revealed that a witness observed two juveniles standing next to a vehicle and a gym bag and items on the ground next to the vehicle, and when the witness approached the vehicle, the juveniles fled, police said.

The suspects were located several blocks away. Officers determined that one of the juveniles was still in possession of the victim's property, police said.

During the search of his backpack, the officers recovered the victim's property and other items that were reported stolen, police said.

A victim had parked her vehicle Tuesday. When the victim returned, she noticed a window had been forced open and her property was missing. Additional stolen property was allegedly recovered from the juvenile's residence.

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POLICE AND FIRE REPORT

The preliminary cause of a fire at a Salisbury home is that a child was playing with a candle.